Barcelona Night Club Review - 5 Popular Clubs

This page will give you an outline of 5 of some of the most popular Barcelona Night Clubs and includes the nightclubs official web addresses for further information.

One thing you will soon learn about Barcelona is it's a city that doesn't sleep. The Spanish eat late, drink late and go out very late. At the weekend don’t be surprised if night clubs are pretty much empty until at least 01:00-02:00 in the morning, and they go on until about 06:00. Thank goodness for the siesta!

Barcelona’s nightlife is very much in keeping with the city itself, trendy, varied and sometimes spectacular. Here are my top 5 night clubs to help you best plan your time here. Even if you aren’t really a clubber at heart it's worth going out to at least one night club just to see what’s on offer, and remember there are more and more “lounge” clubs springing up if you like to take your drinks whilst reclining!

Most of the clubs do not have a set price. It varies according to night, and who is playing, many are free before a certain time (usually 01:00) plus if you walk around you are likely to be given a flyer that gets you in free all night. You can pick up flyers in shops, bars and some cafes have a rack of flyers. These usually either entitle you to a free drink, 2 for 1 drinks, or free entrance. In the case of some clubs the flyer people actually stand very near the club itself but you can find them all over the city including down the Ramblas and in the Barri Gotic area.

Razzmatazz night club
C/ Almogavers, 122
Metro: Marina (Red Line, L1) or Bogatell (Yellow Line, L4)
Fri-Sat 01:00 - 05:00
Entrance: 12 euros (+ a drink)
Website: www.salarazzmatazz.com

Don’t be put off by the name! This is the mother of all Barcelona clubs and the first club I ever went to here, not a way to ease yourself in! It is in fact 5 clubs in-one and your entrance fee covers all. Of all 5 rooms in the disco the one you walk into straight away is the largest, and all play wildly differing music which makes for a surreal experience wandering from a room playing trance into one playing punk. It also means that there is a rather a strange mix of people, but everyone is happy and the atmosphere is good.

The fact that there are so many bars also means that often you don’t have to wait too long to get served. The main room of the club also doubles as a very good concert venue (Jack Johnson played here). The club attracts big names so have a look out for the posters on the street announcing who is playing in each room, or check out the website. Also, as it is a bit out of the way, it’s great that by the time you make it out of the club at closing time, the metro has started running again!

This is not a club where you want to lose your friends so set a meeting point when you arrive, just in case you do get lost.

Moog
Arc de Teatre, 3
Metro: Drassanes, (Green Line, L3)
Daily 24:00 - 05:00
Entrance: 10 euros (w/o drink)
Website: Click here for Barcelona night Club Moog

This is quite small, industrial styled club but it has been visited by some big names, among them Jeff Mills, the infamous american mix DJ artist. It’s open on Sundays too and the entrance fee is 10 euros as well but you still don’t get the free drink. Again, it’s not big but it is dark so keep hold of your friends!

If you are wanting somewhere to drink late but not dance there is a late night bar 2 doors down from Moog. It’s one of the nicer late-night bars but nevertheless beware there have been incidents of drink spiking here.

Elephant
Passatge dels Til.lers, 1
Metro: Zona Universitaria, (Green Line, L3)
Thurs-Sat 23:30-05:00

This relatively new, uptown night club was on my “to do” list from my first week. It’s in a two-story old mansion and has been decorated amazingly, white sofas, ambient lighting, a large outdoor area, huge bronze elephants and naturally a VIP area. It does have a lovely laid-back, elegant atmosphere, the people are trendy and the drinks expensive. It’s the kind of club where you can pretend that you’re famous, and indeed quite a few of the people here seem to think they are! However if you can, I would go just once to experience the luxury and mingle with the fashionistas. The music is usually house, and chilled beats in the designated areas.

Piratas C/ Muntanya. , a club in Barcelona which looks like some sort of movie scene. It’s a spectacular, dancers, fire-eaters and even some strippers.

Open Fri-Sat 24:00-06:00

Metro: Clot (Red Line, L1) or (Purple Line, L2)

Other Barcelona Clubs worth a mention are:

Pacha, www.clubpachabcn.com
Sun-Wed: 00:00 - 06:00
Fri-Sat: 18:00 - 22:00
Free pass till 03:00 for everynight but saturday with this flyer you pay 12 euros (regular price 20 euros).

Shoko, www.shoko.biz

Fashionable club in Barcelona at night. Open Thurs- Sun 24:00-03:00.

Metro: Drassanes, (Green Line, L3)

Barcelona night clubs are certainly an experience whatever your taste is. It can be expensive and a bit pretentious but everywhere has it’s bonuses and as long as you don’t take anything too seriously it is always fun! The music does vary so check out who’s playing before you go, and keep your eye out for posters announcing special nights with international djs. However music aside some of these Barcelona clubs are worth the visit in their own right it almost doesn’t matter about the music. Hopefully I’ve given you a good range of Barcelona clubs to enjoy your night..have fun!

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